Bible Strands
Ezekiel 21:25
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel to the profane and wicked prince of Israel at the moment his transgressions have been fully exposed and his guilt brought to remembrance. This declaration marks the transition from prophetic warning to the execution of final punishment.
The words — חָלָל (cha.Lal) literally means "profane" or "pierced," and רָשׁע (ra.Sha') means "wicked" or "guilty." These terms identify the prince’s moral corruption as the stated basis for the coming judgment.
The thread — The pattern of exposed guilt meeting divine punishment appears in Ezekiel 35:5, 2 Chronicles 36:13, and Jeremiah 52:2. These passages trace a consistent biblical sequence where hardened rebellion and revealed transgressions precipitate ruin.
Why it lands — The text states that the day of final punishment has arrived for the exposed prince. It requires the reader to acknowledge that political arrogance and moral corruption cannot evade decisive accountability.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 35:5 Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Jeremiah 52:2 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
- Ezekiel 17:19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
- Ezekiel 21:29 while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
- Psalms 7:9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- Psalms 9:5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 24:8 But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 51:13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
- Ezekiel 7:6 The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!